Susan Gregson joins the Center as a secondary math Teacher Collaborator.  She has fourteen years of experience as a mathematics teacher in predominately urban settings including the Chicago Public Schools, the Austin, Texas School District, and Champaign Unit 4 Schools.  Susan has been working for the Recruiting, Educating, Certifying, and Retaining Underrepresented Populations In Teaching (RECRUIT) Program at the University of Illinois.  She has taught multiple courses for pre-service teachers in mathematics methods.  Susan can be reached at gregson@illinois.edu.

Catherine Hunter will be serving as a secondary literacy Teacher Collaborator, and has a special interest in reading comprehension and linguistic diversity.  Catherine has more than eight years experience as a high school classroom teacher and another eight years mentoring teachers. She is well-suited to answer questions like, “What can we do to improve the quality or our work experience and our work environment?” and, “What resources do we as teachers have within ourselves to impact the lives of children and to develop whole people with high academic abilities?”  Catherine can be reached at cdhunter@illinois.edu.

Dr. Brad Thompson joins the Center as an elementary math Teacher Collaborator.  He has taught for over nine years in both elementary and middle schools. Brad has served as a K-8 mathematics professional development consultant for numerous school districts in Illinois for over six years.  In his teaching experiences Brad has been guided by an on-going belief that learning is a personal experience that occurs most effectively when instruction connects at a personal level. He has recently been working with learners targeted as at risk for "early mathematical learning difficulties."  Brad can be reached at blthomps@illinois.edu.

After ten years of teaching high school students at Joliet West High School and Champaign's Central High School, Phillip Wilder joins the Center as the Secondary Teacher Collaborator. Phillip specializes in content area literacy, meta-cognitive strategies, and multiliteracies. In his role as Teacher Collaborator, Phillip will work with teachers to promote a deepened understanding of secondary literacy learners and effective literacy practices across the content areas.  Phil can be reached at pwilder@illinois.edu.

Haeny Yoon joins the Center after teaching seven years in Unit 4 as both a fourth grade and second grade classroom teacher. During her tenure in Champaign, Haeny led several staff development activities related to literacy including teaching board-credit courses district-wide, mentoring teachers, and modeling lessons for both teachers and administrators. She is particularly interested in children's writing development. As the Elementary Teacher Collaborator, Haeny's portfolio will include working with teachers to further sustainable, comprehensive, and effective literacy instruction in grades K-5.  Haeny can be reached at haeny@illinois.edu.